For the men's tournament, see 2014 Men's European Water Polo Championship.

The 2014 Women's European Water Polo Championship was held from 16 to 26 July 2014 in Budapest, Hungary.

Spain won their first title by defeating the Netherlands 10-5 in the final. Hungary captured the bronze medal after a 10–9 win over Italy.[1]

Qualification

Main article: 2014 Women's European Water Polo Championship Qualifiers

There were eight teams in the 2014 championships. They qualified as follows:

Event Date Location Vacancies Qualified
Host nation – – 1  Hungary
2012 European Championships 16–29 January 2012 Netherlands Eindhoven 3  Italy
 Greece
 Russia
2014 Women's European Water Polo Championship Qualifiers 16–19 January 2014 – 4  France
 Great Britain
 Netherlands
 Spain

Championships

The structure of the championships is that there were two groups of four teams followed by a knockout phase. The first teams in each group automatically qualified to compete for the semis, and the second & third teams played a crossed match to qualify for the semis too. The last teams in each group played a classification playoff for 7th–8th place.

Squads

Main article: 2014 Women's European Water Polo Championship squads

Draw

The draw was held on 9 March 2014.[2]

Groups

Group A Group B

 Greece
 Hungary
 Netherlands
 Great Britain

 Italy
 Russia
 Spain
 France

Preliminary round

The schedule was announced on 10 May 2014.[3][4]

     Team advances to Semifinals
     Team advances to Quarterfinals
     Team competes in placement matches

Group A

All times are CEST (UTC+2).

Team G W D L GF GA Diff Points
 Netherlands 3 3 0 0 32 23 +9 9
 Hungary 3 2 0 1 39 24 +15 6
 Greece 3 1 0 2 23 28 −5 3
 Great Britain 3 0 0 3 17 36 −19 0
16 July 2014
13:00 		Report Great Britain  7–9  Greece Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest
Referees:
Grandin (FRA), Teixido (ESP)
Score by quarters: 1–2, 3–2, 2–2, 1–3
Gibson-Byrne 3 Goals Tsoukala 3
16 July 2014
17:30 		Report Netherlands  12–11  Hungary Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest
Referees:
Ćirić (SRB), Margeta (SLO)
Score by quarters: 3–3, 3–3, 4–3, 2–2
Genee, Van der Sloot 3 Goals Keszthelyi 3
18 July 2014
14:30 		Report Great Britain  5–11  Netherlands Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest
Referees:
Dreval (RUS), Taccini (ITA)
Score by quarters: 1–2, 2–2, 1–3, 1–4
Gibson-Byrne 2 Goals Genee 3
18 July 2014
17:30 		Report Hungary  12–7  Greece Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest
Referees:
Teixido (ESP), Franulović (CRO)
Score by quarters: 3–0, 3–3, 3–2, 3–2
Antal 3 Goals Tsoukala, Plevritou 3
20 July 2014
14:30 		Report Netherlands  9–7  Greece Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest
Referees:
Taccini (ITA), Galindo (ESP)
Score by quarters: 3–1, 3–2, 2–3, 1–1
Klaassen 5 Goals Roumpesi 3
20 July 2014
17:30 		Report Great Britain  5–16  Hungary Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest
Referees:
Grandin (FRA), Kikalishvili (GEO)
Score by quarters: 2–5, 1–3, 1–5, 1–3
Temple-Craik 2 Goals Keszthelyi 6

Group B

All times are CEST (UTC+2).

Team G W D L GF GA Diff Points
 Spain 3 2 0 1 39 22 +17 6
 Italy 3 2 0 1 35 26 +9 6
 Russia 3 2 0 1 38 28 +10 6
 France 3 0 0 3 14 50 −36 0
16 July 2014
14:30 		Report Italy  14–4  France Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest
Referees:
Dutilh-Dumas (NED), Alexandrescu (ROU)
Score by quarters: 3–1, 4–1, 1–0, 6–2
three players 3 Goals Clomes 2
16 July 2014
16:00 		Report Russia  10–9  Spain Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest
Referees:
Stavropoulos (GRE), Varkonyi (HUN)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 2–3, 3–2, 3–2
Ivanova 4 Goals Tarragó, García 3
18 July 2014
13:00 		Report France  4–18  Spain Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest
Referees:
Kikashvili (GEO), Schwartz (ISR)
Score by quarters: 1–4, 0–6, 1–5, 2–3
Daule 2 Goals Tarragó 6
18 July 2014
16:00 		Report Russia  10–13  Italy Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest
Referees:
Stavropoulos (GRE), Koganov (AZE)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 1–3, 4–5, 3–2
four players 2 Goals Bianconi 4
20 July 2014
13:00 		Report Russia  18–6  France Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest
Referees:
Toygaru (TUR), Dutilh-Dumas (NED)
Score by quarters: 4–1, 6–3, 3–2, 5–0
Prokofyeva, Karimova 5 Goals Guillet, Clomes 2
20 July 2014
16:00 		Report Italy  8–12  Spain Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest
Referees:
Varkonyi (HUN), Ćirić (SRB)
Score by quarters: 1–4, 2–4, 3–3, 2–1
Emmolo 4 Goals Tarragó 5

Final round

Bracket

QuarterfinalsSemifinalsGold medal match
A1 Netherlands12
A3 Greece9B2 Italy11
B2 Italy11A1 Netherlands5
B1 Spain10
B1 Spain9
A2 Hungary11A2 Hungary8
B3 Russia7
5th place matchBronze medal match
A3 Greece5B2 Italy9
B3 Russia7A2 Hungary10

Quarterfinals

All times are CEST (UTC+2).

22 July 2014
16:30 		Report Hungary  11–7  Russia Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest
Referees:
Bender (GER), Margeta (SLO)
Score by quarters: 2–1, 4–1, 3–3, 2–2
Antal 3 Goals Grineva 2
22 July 2014
18:00 		Report Italy  11–9  Greece Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest
Referees:
Schwartz (ISR), Alexandrescu (ROU)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 3–2, 1–2, 1–1  PSO: 4–2
Di Mario, Bianconi 2 Goals Asimaki 2

7th place match

All times are CEST (UTC+2).

22 July 2014
15:00 		Report Great Britain  5–8  France Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest
Referees:
Dreval (RUS), Dutilh-Dumas (NED)
Score by quarters: 1–3, 2–1, 1–3, 1–1
Gibson-Byrne 3 Goals Guillet 2

5th place match

All times are CEST (UTC+2).

24 July 2014
15:00 		Report Russia  7–5  Greece Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest
Referees:
Taylor (GBR), Grandin (FRA)
Score by quarters: 3–3, 3–1, 0–1, 1–0
Prokofyeva 3 Goals five players 1

Semifinals

All times are CEST (UTC+2).

24 July 2014
16:30 		Report Hungary  8–9  Spain Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest
Referees:
Ćirić (SRB), Franulović (CRO)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 3–3, 2–3, 1–1
Keszthelyi 4 Goals García 4
24 July 2014
18:00 		Report Italy  11–12  Netherlands Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest
Referees:
Naumov (RUS), Margeta (SLO)
Score by quarters: 1–1, 4–4, 2–1, 1–2  PSO: 3–4
Garibotti 2 Goals Smit, Van der Sloot 2

Bronze medal match

All times are CEST (UTC+2).

26 July 2014
16:30 		Report Hungary  10–9  Italy Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest
Referees:
Dutilh-Dumas (NED), Teixido (ESP)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 5–2, 0–2, 3–2
Antal 3 Goals Bianconi 3

Gold medal match

All times are CEST (UTC+2).

26 July 2014
18:00 		Report Spain  10–5  Netherlands Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest
Referees:
Taccini (ITA), Stavropoulos (GRE)
Score by quarters: 3–3, 2–0, 2–2, 3–0
García 3
Espar, Tarragó, Blas 2
Miranda 1 		Goals Van der Sloot 3
Megens, Sevenich 1

Final ranking

Awards and statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank Name Team Goals Shots %
1 Rita Keszthelyi  Hungary 19 47 40.4%
2 Roser Tarragó  Spain 16 37 43.2%
3 Maica García  Spain 14 23 60.9%
4 Roberta Bianconi  Italy 13 30 43.3%
Ekaterina Prokofyeva  Russia 13 28 46.4%
6 Barbara Bujka  Hungary 12 31 38.7%
7 Dóra Antal  Hungary 11 32 34.4%
Tania Di Mario  Italy 11 33 33.3%
Sabrina van der Sloot  Netherlands 11 28 39.3%
10 Ciara Gibson-Byrne  Great Britain 10 19 52.6%
Elvina Karimova  Russia 10 22 45.5%
Lieke Klaassen  Netherlands 10 24 41.7%

Individual awards

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References

  1. ^ "World Champion Spain also claims for European title". waterpoloworld.com. July 26, 2014. Archived from the original on May 26, 2019. Retrieved May 26, 2019.
  2. ^ "Draw – European Water Polo Championships – Budapest 2014". vlv.hu. 9 March 2014.
  3. ^ "Budapest 2014 programme finalized". waterpoloworld.com. 2014-05-10. Archived from the original on 2014-06-02. Retrieved 2014-06-02.
  4. ^ Match schedule
  5. ^ "World Champion Spain also claims for European title". waterpoloworld.com. July 26, 2014. Archived from the original on May 26, 2019. Retrieved May 26, 2019.
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